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Best Music Journalism of 2022

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Jason Gross 0 Comments Arhoolie Records, Ashanti Mutinta, Bob Dylan, Chris Strachwitz, Conde Nast, Consequence of Sound, Creem, David Letterman, Ed Sheeran, Entertainment Weekly, Motörhead, Music Journalism, Noisey, Sleng Teng, Taylor Swift, Uproxx, Vice, Warren Zevon

Looking back on the 24 best stories beyond our pages

Music Journalism

Oy Howdy!: Is The New CREEM All You’ve Dreamed?

July 25, 2022August 4, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Boy Howdy, Creem, Lester Bangs, Music Journalism, Rock Journalism, Vice, Vice Magazine

Taking stock in the relaunch of ‘America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine’

Music Journalism

They Were There: Two Legendary Rock Writers Sitting Around Talking, Part One

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Big Brother and the Holding Company, CBGB, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Gene Sculatti, Hit Parader, Ira Robbins, Melody Maker, Mojo Navigator, Music Journalism, New York City, San Francisco, Talking Heads, Television, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, The Who Sell Out, Trouser Press

A candid conversation with Ira Robbins and Gene Sculatti

Music Journalism

A Brief History of the Beef Between Meat Loaf and the Music Press

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Chicago Sun Times, Fox Pass, interview, Jim Steinman, John Macey, Julie Panebianco, Meat Loaf, Music Journalism, Rock Critics, U2, WBCN

What rock critics’ coverage of Meat says about the art of rock criticism

Funk Hip Hop Music Journalism Remembrance Rock

Elegy to a Flyboy

December 10, 2021December 13, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 24-7 Spyz, Bad Brains, Basehead, Ben Tyree, Chocolate Genius, Defunkt, Fishbone, Flyboy in the Buttermilk, Follow For Now, Greg Tate, Hip-hop, journalism, Justin Warfield, Living Colour, Miles Marshall Lewis, Music Journalism, Ronald Shannon Jackson, The Veldt, Urban Dance Squad

Paying respects to Greg Tate, the man who gave music journalism its groove

Country and/or Western Music Journalism

Geoffrey Himes and the Nashville Scene Situation

December 8, 2021April 3, 2022 Don McLeese 1 Comment Alison Russell, Black Pumas, Cancel Culture, Geoffrey Himes, Jake Blount, Music Journalism, Nashville Scene, Paste Magazine

Looking at the fairness of the publication’s snap decision to axe the longtime Country Music Critics’ Poll

Music Journalism

The Literature of American Pop

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Michaelangelo Matos 0 Comments 2021, Ann Powers, Duke University Press, Eric Weisbard, Michaelangelo Matos, Music Journalism, Songbooks, Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music, William Gibson

Acclaimed journalist and author Michaelangelo Matos talks with Museum of Pop Culture’s Eric Weisbard about his important new tome Songbooks

Music Journalism Remembrance

Ed Ward: The Music Critic’s Music Critic

May 12, 2021March 24, 2022 David Menconi 2 Comments Best Music Journalism, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Ed Ward, Fresh Air, Greil Marcus, Music Critic, Music Journalism, NPR, Rolling Stone

Music Historian David Menconi remembers his influential friend and mentor who passed away on May 3rd at age 72

adblock Music Journalism

Screw 2020 But Long Live the Music Writer!

December 29, 2020December 30, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Best Music Journalism, Complex, Cousin Brucie, McClatchy, Music Journalism, Q, Rolling Stone, She Shreds, SPIN, Stereogum, Tiny Mixtapes, Vice

Looking back on the best music journalism of the year

Music Journalism

Many Music Journalists Started Substack Newsletters This Year

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Justin Joffe 0 Comments CABBAGES, Gary Suarez, Hunter Harris, Music Journalism, Music Journalism Insider, Substack, Todd Burns

We ask some of the new platform’s more visible members how it’s going

Folk Indie Rock Music Journalism

Jim Allen: Here Comes The Sun

September 10, 2019September 11, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments House Concerts, Jim Allen, Joanna Sternberg, Music Journalism, Rock & Roll Globe, Steve Goulding, The Mekons, Where The Sunshine Bit You

An exclusive chat with the acclaimed singer-songwriter and regular RNR Globe contributor about his new solo album, house concerts and more

Music Journalism Pop

Is It Time for Old Guy White Rock Critics To Move Over?

June 5, 2019June 6, 2019 Tim Sommer 8 Comments Music Journalism, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tim Sommer

Our reigning, defending, undispluted heavyweight champion of rock criticism explores the great generational divide at the core of music journalism in 2019

Rock

Don’t Fight The Law

October 26, 2018January 29, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Michael Azerrad, Music Journalism, Nirvana, Rock Criticism, Rock Critics

Talking rock crit lingo with Michael Azerrad

Hip Hop Rock

Does Size Matter?

July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Cardi B, Migos, Music Journalism, Music Magazines, Rock Criticism, Rolling Stone

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Rolling Stone’s Big “New Era”